David Blunkett

David Blunkett (6 June 1947-) was the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside from 11 June 1987 to 30 March 2015, succeeding Joan Maynard and preceding Harry Harpham.

Biography
David Blunkett was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1947, and he came from an impoverished family; he was blind since birth. He worked as a clerk typist and an industrial relations lecturer before being elected to the Sheffield City Council in 1970, serving until 1988, by which time he had been elected to the House of Commons as the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside. Blunkett served under Prime Minister Tony Blair as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004, and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2005. He resigned from the Cabinet after being accused of business irregularities, but he was exonerated, and even the right-wing The Spectator magazine said that he was one of Labour's very best MPs and one of the very few people in Parliament whose lives were inspirational. He retired in 2015, becoming a professor at the University of Sheffield.